The Secret Heiress

While eating a 0-0.50 discounted meal for impoverished students in the cafeteria, I scrolled across a livestream.

In the broadcast, my name tag was hung around a female dog's neck.

The rich kids of A University were playing a romantic ring-toss game.

Whoever tossed a ring onto the dog would become my master.

And around the dog's neck, four rings were already stacked.

The Student Body President, Oliver, scoffed.

"Interesting, looks like we're going to share the same little bitch."

The new money heir of the Finance Department, Leo, raised an eyebrow.

"A newly transferred poor student, she'll definitely be completely infatuated with the four of us."

The campus movie star, Ethan, eagerly said:

"How about a bet? One month, let's see who the bitch is most devoted to?"

The medical genius, Gabriel, didn't speak, but his eyes were full of determination to win.

I exited the livestream and curled my lips coldly.

What a coincidence, isn't it?

My father made me transfer to A University just to pick a desirable fianc from among the four of them.

Too bad, you've all been disqualified.

In the livestream, the girl on camera smiled and called my name to the dog.

"Ava, come here!"

"Good dog!"

"It's really bad luck for a poor student to run into you four bad guys at the beginning of her college career!"

The crowd around burst into laughter.

"A poor student coming to A University, isn't it just to climb the social ladder? She must be dying of happiness right now!"

"I remember the last few were either forced to get abortions or drop out by you guys. How about trying some new tricks this time?"

"I can't wait to see the stupid look of that poor student in love!"

Oliver affectionately put his arm around the girl's shoulder.

"You clearly designed the game yourself, we're just following your lead, and you're still scolding us."

Leo stood on the other side of the girl, playing with her fair hand, looking completely helpless.

"Yeah, last time we went easy, the girl just cried for a bit, and you were unhappy again."

"What exactly do we have to do to satisfy you? Princess?"

Ethan flipped his bangs and confidently said:

"Just weave a Cinderella dream for the poor student, I'm familiar with this kind of acting."

"Place your bets quickly! I bet on myself, ten million!"

Gabriel still had no expression, lightly draping a jacket over the girl.

"I bet fifteen million."

Watching them humiliate me, I wasn't angry.

Because my real name is actually Vivian.

To secretly choose a fianc at A University, I specifically asked my dad to get me a fake identity.

And now I am Ava, an absolute poor student.

But what I was angry about was that they could so boundlessly humiliate and hurt innocent girls.

The four little followers trailing behind me when we were kids have now actually turned into this.

I shook my head in disappointment.

Gave them all a zero.

These kinds of people don't deserve to be my fianc.

Just as I was about to turn off my screen and exit, a few more comments popped up in the livestream.

[Why are four men all revolving around her! Is she planning to marry all of them?]

[Please, she's Mia, the heiress of the Sterling family!]

[The four of them are all Mia's childhood sweethearts! They swore that even if they didn't marry Mia, they would protect her for a lifetime!]

Mia?

Sterling heiress?

When did my parents give me a sister this old?

Just as I was confused, it suddenly got dark around me.

Looking up again, Oliver and Leo were sitting on either side of me, with Ethan and Gabriel opposite.

The noisy cafeteria instantly quieted down.

Everyone's eyes converged on my table.

Oliver naturally tucked some loose hair behind my ear, saying with a pained expression:

"How can you just eat this?"

I could only pretend to take a few bites of rice.

"Poor, no money."

A flash of contempt crossed their eyes, but was quickly covered up.

Ethan got into character in a second, directly grabbing my hand.

"A girl as beautiful as you, how can you eat these scraps?"

Saying that, he pulled me straight out of the cafeteria, stuffed me into a luxury car, and drove all the way to the most famous Michelin three-star restaurant in the city.

I was slightly stunned. Isn't this my cafeteria?

The Michelin chef here was specifically hired by my parents to cook for me, opening a restaurant for me in passing.

Just as we entered, the restaurant manager saw me and respectfully came up, opening his mouth ready to call "Boss."

I shook my head slightly at the manager.

The manager immediately understood.

Leo pulled out a chair for me.

"Order whatever you want, it's just some home-style dishes."

I laughed secretly in my heart.

These are indeed my home-style dishes.

They showed off by introducing every dish to me.

But I was already tired of eating them, so I picked a few bites unenthusiastically.

Unexpectedly, in their eyes, there was another set of understanding.

As if I didn't even know how to eat.

Gabriel reached out, took the claw of a deep-sea blue crab, shelled it, and fed it to my mouth.

I glanced at the pinhole camera on his chest and suddenly got interested.

I pretended to be shy and asked:

"Gabriel, I heard your hands only hold a scalpel."

The corner of Gabriel's mouth twitched, taking a long time to reply:

"Because you are special."

If you can disgust me, can't I disgust you?

I coyly half-pushed and half-yielded, blushing as I took a bite.

Next, the four of them took turns flattering me.

Picking food for me, peeling shrimp for me, and even wiping the corners of my mouth, not resting for a moment.

I diligently acted with each of them.

Eating a meal made me so tired I wanted to roll my eyes.

After I returned to the dorm exhausted, my roommates all looked at me with somewhat complicated eyes.

I opened my phone and sure enough saw Mia livestreaming again.

The livestream was playing the clip of Gabriel feeding me crab legs on loop.

Everyone burst into continuous laughter.

Ethan slapped his thigh.

"I almost couldn't hold back my laughter! Her expression was so sincere, she really thought she was the female lead in an idol drama!"

Gabriel's face darkened:

"Is it funny?! I just washed my hands three times with disinfectant, still feel disgusted!"

Leo patted Gabriel's shoulder, finding it hard to hold back.

"The poor student is probably going to be fascinated to death by this move of yours! Congratulations hahaha!"

After this incident, the group of four became even more attentive to me.

Sending flowers and gifts, inviting me on dates.

I diligently accompanied them in acting every day, providing them with amusement in the livestream.

Even if classmates passing by would let out sneaky chuckles, I still pretended not to know anything.

Until this day, I was suddenly pulled into a corner by someone.

That person gathered his courage and said to me:

"Ava, you've been tricked!"

"Those guys are not good people at all!"

Almost everyone in the whole school knew my situation.

But for so long, some people just watched the fun, some didn't dare to talk to me.

He was the only one who warned me.

Before I had time to say anything.

He was suddenly shoved away forcefully, stumbling and falling to the ground.

The group of four blocked in front of me.

Oliver flashed his identity as Student Body President, threatening:

"Stay away from Ava!"

"You're a poor student, I advise you not to hit on Ava, otherwise I'll make sure you can't graduate from A University!"

After saying that, he probed:

"Ava, he didn't say anything weird to you, did he?"

I shook my head blankly.

They then felt relieved.

"Your birthday is at the end of the month, we're taking you to an auction to buy you a birthday present."

I then realized it was the birthday I had randomly filled in, and quickly got into character.

"You guys actually remember my birthday... I'm so touched!"

"But I've never been to an auction, what if I embarrass you..."

They told me not to worry. Before the auction started, a dress was delivered to me.

I frowned.

My out-of-print haute couture dress should be hanging in my closet, why was it in their hands?

I suddenly thought of something, opened my phone to search for Mia's account, and sure enough, she was livestreaming.

"Today we brought the poor student to see the world again."

"Her dress? I lent it to her, I never wear my dresses a second time."

She covered her mouth and smiled, showing off the pigeon-egg-sized sapphire ring on her hand.

"She probably doesn't even know how to wear high heels, will she fall flat on her face in public?"

My face turned cold.

Mia's dress, earrings, ring, necklace, all the outfits on her body, were mine.

I walked out acting as if nothing had happened.

The group of four was waiting for me at the venue entrance, and Mia was also holding her phone, ready to livestream me making a fool of myself.

The moment I made my appearance, the eyes of everyone in the venue were drawn to me.

"She's so beautiful!"

"Is she some family's heiress?!"

Seeing the eyes of the group of four seemed glued to me, Mia was so jealous her face twisted.

I tossed my beautiful hair.

Look who this lady is!

The jewelry auction began.

I lacked interest.

Urged by the group of four, I randomly picked a necklace.

Ethan immediately bid.

"Three million!"

Unexpectedly, Gabriel actually followed the bid:

"Five million!"

"Ethan, big brother is not going to let you have it this time."

Oliver also smiled and joined the battle.

"Eight million!"

Mia watched from the side as the group of four threw away thousands of gold pieces for me. She wanted to say something out of jealousy, but couldn't get a word in.

As if they were hyped up, the few of them crazily increased the price against each other, forcibly driving it up to thirty million.

Ethan and Gabriel could only give up.

Oliver was just preparing to claim credit from me when the silent Leo suddenly spoke:

"Sky Lantern bid! (Match any highest bid plus an increment)"

He lazily crossed his legs and put his arm around my shoulder:

"I said I would personally win Ava's birthday present, and I keep my word."

After the auction ended, I held the jewelry in my hand speechlessly.

When I said I didn't want it, I really didn't want it.

Because several of the pretty good items among these auction pieces were jewelry I had eliminated and didn't want.

Mia coyly leaned over.

"Brother Leo, I also like this piece of jewelry, can you give it to me?"

She pulled out a few hundred-dollar bills from her bag and threw them into my arms.

"What kind of jewelry matches what kind of person, little sister better go find some pieces at the street stalls."

I looked at Leo, eyes red, about to return the jewelry to him.

"I really don't deserve it, better give it back to you..."

I was breathtakingly beautiful today, coupled with a pitiful expression, Leo's heart instantly leaned towards me.

"Who says you don't deserve it!!"

He wiped the tears from the corner of my eye with heartache, glanced coldly at Mia, and reprimanded:

"You even want to snatch a birthday present? Do you think it's appropriate?"

"Ava was happy, you insisted on making her cry! Apologize to Ava!"

Not leaving any face for Mia at all.

The surrounding gazes converged.

Mia's face flushed red with shame, and she ran out crying.

The evening livestream started on time.

Mia sat crying among the group of four.

"You guys actually yelled at me today!"

Oliver wiped her tears with heartache.

"Wasn't that to make the poor student believe we are really pursuing her?"

Leo also chimed in:

"Look at her totally devoted look now, when we dump her, it will definitely be spectacular!"

Ethan also said:

"Stop being unhappy, next time I get my acting fee, I will definitely buy you the most expensive jewelry!"

Gabriel pushed his glasses up with a dark mind.

"What's the fun in buying? When the time comes, make the poor student return everything she's gotten now double to compensate Mia!"

The viewers in the livestream, seeing me in the video with eyes full of the group of four, mocked:

[Just a little petty profit, look how touched she is!]

[When she finds out everything is a scam, she won't be so sad she commits suicide, will she hahaha!]

[When the time comes, you must livestream it live for us! I can't wait anymore!]

Mia was coaxed by everyone, smiling at the camera and said:

"Next Monday is the last day."

"At eight o'clock in the evening, we will livestream the bitch being dumped at the open-air theater on time!"

I smiled faintly.

Exactly on Monday, it was also the day I had to report the selection result to my father.

For these last few days, the group of four couldn't wait to confirm my feelings for them every moment.

To each person, I put on a deeply affectionate look of loving them to the bone.

For fear they didn't have enough confidence.

Sure enough, a few days later, the entrance to my dorm was piled high with roses.

Four people, four bouquets of flowers, four love letters.

Just like the livestream announcement, they all asked me to meet at eight o'clock on Monday night.

That day, I specially "dressed up."

Wore the dress I hadn't "returned," brought the "valuable" jewelry they bought for me.

Gave them plenty of room to perform.

I arrived at the meeting place. Before seeing the group of four, I was stopped by someone else first.

"Ava!"

I took a closer look, it was that boy from last time again.

"You can't go! You will regret it!"

Seeing I had no reaction, he anxiously took out his phone, opened Mia's livestream to prove it to me.

"They've been deceiving you and playing you all along!"

I tilted my head in amusement.

"I know."

"But who is deceiving who is hard to say, isn't it?"

Without waiting for his reaction, I brushed past him.

Waiting for me were not only the group of four, but also Mia and a crowd of people holding phones watching the fun.

The four of them finally tore off their disguise.

Oliver was the first to speak, with condescending arrogance:

"You didn't really think we were going to confess to you, did you?"

Leo also chuckled:

"Just playing with you, and you took it seriously?"

The laughter around grew louder.

Someone whispered jeeringly:

"Does she really think she's good enough for them?"

"I think she probably had already picked one in her heart hahaha!"

"A delusional girl in love is funny! A poor delusional girl in love is even funnier!"

My acting bug flared up, and immediately tears began to swirl in my eyes.

"So you guys... were lying to me before? Sending me flowers, going on dates with me, taking me to auctions, it was all fake?"

Ethan raised his phone, clicking into the livestream.

"Not only lying to you, everyone watched plenty of the fun."

"You're as funny as a clown!"

Gabriel went straight for my necklace.

"Things Mia likes, you don't deserve to wear."

Mia slowly walked up to me, looking me up and down:

"They say clothes make the man, wearing my clothes, wearing my jewelry, don't say, you really looked the part."

"Too bad, it's time to wake up from the sweet dream."

She moved behind me and yanked down the zipper on my back.

"Take it off, give it back to me."

A burst of lewd whistling sounded around.

I didn't get angry or make a scene, smiled faintly, and then backhandedly slapped Mia across the face.

"Smack!"

Mia widened her eyes in disbelief.

The group of four also got angry.

"Bitch, you dare hit Mia!"

"Playing with you for a month, you can't tell what kind of garlic you are? Do you really think you deserve us?!"

"I'm definitely stripping your clothes today, making you walk back to the dorm naked!!"

As soon as their voices fell, a person silently appeared behind me.

Draped a jacket over me.

Then backhandedly instantly took down all four people to the ground.

I looked down at them condescendingly.

"Inspection over."

"Unfortunately."

"You don't deserve me either, not qualified to be the fianc of the eldest daughter of the Sterling family!"